Please let me know what additional topics you would like to learn about or if you would like for me to repeat a topic. I'm looking for ideas for the Spring Semester.

3rd - 5th grade TEKS Checks

We have completed both the Matter and Energy and Force and Motion units in 3rd grade as well as Matter and Energy and Earth Science in 4th and 5th grades. If you haven't turned in the students' bubble sheets, please put them in my box as soon as they are complete and I will scan them and get them back to you.

TEKS Checks can be accessed on the Science Curriculum Website for your grade: Science Curriculum

Upcoming Unit - Space

Please let me know if you would like me to print out your bubble sheets. I'll be happy to scan them for you when students are done.

Here are the upcoming weeks to complete the Space TEKS Checks according to the curriculum calendars:

3rd - January 25-29

4th - February 1-5

5th - January 18 - 22

Cornerstone Tasks (All grades)

Each unit in the Social Studies curriculum has its own cornerstone as an assessment piece. As your students are completing their Cornerstone Tasks, please do not forget to snap a picture of one to upload to the Cornerstone slideshow. Humanities is still working this year to gather samples of the tasks to share across the district. It's a great way to gather ideas into one location and also to share our practice with others in the district. Next year the Cornerstone Tasks will drive our Humanities curriculum and it will be so great to be able to look at all the samples.

If you have trouble uploading your sample, please let me know and I'll be happy to help you.

Math Unit Assessments (All Grades)

As you are completing the units in Math, don't forget to complete the Unit Assessment. This year all grade levels have Math Unit Assessments for each unit. Unit Assessments can be printed from the following file: DMAC Elementary Test Key List. The results of the assessment are to be scanned into DMAC so I am happy to print your student bubble sheets if you would like and scan them for you when you are done. Every grade level has a different number of assessments and a different time to give them so it's very difficult for me to keep up with them all. I will try to send out reminders, but please let me know if you need an assessment or if you are have any questions.

3rd - 5th grade TEKS Checks

We have completed both the Matter and Energy and Force and Motion units in 3rd grade as well as Matter and Energy and Earth Science in 4th and 5th grades. If you haven't turned in the students' bubble sheets, please put them in my box as soon as they are complete and I will scan them and get them back to you.

TEKS Checks can be accessed on the Science Curriculum Website for your grade: Science Curriculum

Upcoming Unit - Space

Please let me know if you would like me to print out your bubble sheets. I'll be happy to scan them for you when students are done.

Here are the upcoming weeks to complete the Space TEKS Checks according to the curriculum calendars:

3rd - January 25-29

4th - February 1-5

5th - January 18 - 22

Cornerstone Tasks (All grades)

Each unit in the Social Studies curriculum has its own cornerstone as an assessment piece. As your students are completing their Cornerstone Tasks, please do not forget to snap a picture of one to upload to the Cornerstone slideshow. Humanities is still working this year to gather samples of the tasks to share across the district. It's a great way to gather ideas into one location and also to share our practice with others in the district. Next year the Cornerstone Tasks will drive our Humanities curriculum and it will be so great to be able to look at all the samples.

If you have trouble uploading your sample, please let me know and I'll be happy to help you.

Math Unit Assessments (All Grades)

As you are completing the units in Math, don't forget to complete the Unit Assessment. This year all grade levels have Math Unit Assessments for each unit. Unit Assessments can be printed from the following file: DMAC Elementary Test Key List. The results of the assessment are to be scanned into DMAC so I am happy to print your student bubble sheets if you would like and scan them for you when you are done. Every grade level has a different number of assessments and a different time to give them so it's very difficult for me to keep up with them all. I will try to send out reminders, but please let me know if you need an assessment or if you are have any questions.

Progress Monitoring for Tier 2 and 3 Students

Students who are identified by the RtI Committee as Tier 2 or 3 must be monitored throughout their intervention.

Tier 2 - Monitor progress every 2 weeks

Tier 3 - Monitor progress weekly

Many of you are using iStation to monitor. Since iStation has monthly monitoring, you will need to push out the iStation ISIP the other weeks that you need to monitor your students. (middle of the month for Tier 2 and each week for Tier 3)

Using the "On Demand" ISIP feature for iStation is very easy to do and can be done by any teacher that has access to that student's classroom on iStation.

Below are 3 screen shots to help you. Remember that you will want to push out the assessment and then have your students log-in to iStation. Once you push it out, it will be the first thing students see the next time they log-in.